, 1887-05-07
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dead at the age of Ga.
The old flagship Hartford. now at
Mare Island, Cal, Is to be repaired.
The report of the defeat of the Afghan
forces by rebels has been officially con-
6rmed.
A bill has been introduced in the Ger
man reichstag placing a prohibitive duty
on brandy.
The st. Louis Supplies Manufacturing
company has made an assignment; liabil-
tiles, sl4T,0
The Mexican government has released
on parole Gen. Negrete, charged with in
citing revolution.
Eight lives were lost by a collision of
the steamers Asia and Aiaccio near Mar
settles on Thursday.
The blaze on the summit of MILESTONE
mountain, Arizona, turns out to have
been caused by timber fires.
The Canadian government is preparing
a Measure for the relief of British Column
bia against Chinese immigration.
The Southern Baptist convention, rep
~resenting the largest religious body in the
South, is in session at Louisville.
A Russian fanatic killed six Jews in
Odessa on Thursday, and narrowly es-
capped lynching by a Hebrew mob.
A bill to adopt capital punishment for
murder and rape was defeated in the
Michigan senate by a vote OF 10 to Is.
John Rogers was hanged at Eureka,
Cal. yesterday for the murder of Judge
John H. Kimball in May Of last year.
Falcons are being trained by German
military authorities to be used for the
capture Of carrier pigeons in case OF war.
Thirteen men who resigned from the
Irish constahulary rather than aid in the
eviction of tenants, have arrived in New
York.
Three officers Of the Mexican army
have been sentenced to be shot for out
RACES committed at Nogales, Ariz., last
March.
1t is reported on Wall street that Presi-
dent Houston, of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company, is to be succeeded by
George Gould.
Z. L. Allen, clerk for Mr.. Borland, a
storkeeper at Defiance station, near Gal
lup, N. NJ, shot and instantly killed a
Navajo Indian.
The departments in Washington will be
closed next Thursday to enable the en-
ployes to attend the unwilling of the
statue of Garfield.
The sentences Of all but two of the
nihillsts condemned for attempting the
cars life, have been committed to i'm
prisonment at hard labor for life.
Gen. Sheridan, at request of the execu.
tive committee, has detailed Col. s. E
Blunt, of his staff, to take charge of the
rifle competition during the national
drill.
The czarina has donated 100, 900 roubles
to the project of st. Petersburg, and the
car has granted him a pension of 5000
roubles for his services in the discovery of
the recent plot.
Two murderers were executed in New
Mexico yesterday, Henry Anderson (col-
ored) at Socorrc and Theodore Baker at
Las Vegas. The murders were commit
ted in juno and December. 1885.
L. ]. Rose, the California horse breed
err, made sales of blooded stock in New
York, yesterday, to the amount of $25,-
800. Fowler, of Connecticut, and w. F.
Hardy, of Kentucky, were the principal
purchasers.
Dennis Burke, a well known citizen of
Kingston, N. NJ, was killed yesterday by
a miner named Con Ryan, in a fight with
pistols, the result of a challenge. Burke
fred twice. Ryan once, and the former
was instantly killed. Ryan has been
placed under 81. 900 bail.